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Somewhat behind on stuff - like YC, I’ve been on Facebook too much; but oh well! Scrabulous is fabulous, and Scramble drives me nuts, and I’m into Books’ iRead (at least to look at make lists of books).
Hey, FC - like your pictures of the Murakami exhibit! I must really get back [...]

Catching up —
NY Times’ Bob Herbert on the depressing state of education in America. If the kids’ parents don’t take education seriously, I’m not sure how McCain/Obama/Hilary may inspire people to take it seriously.
Slate’s Troy Patterson on such a sad look at CBS News. For a news division that was once venerable, this degradation is [...]

So, I’m just giddy - giddy! - from the latest “How I Met Your Mother” episode!
The return of FutureTed’s teenage kids sitting on the couch in the year 2030 and thinking their dad and his friends are lame.
Robin as her “Robin Sparkles” alter ego from her Canadian teenager pop star years [...]

Monday — “How I Met Your Mother” — man, is this now my favorite show or what?! This season has been heartbreaking and funny and romantic. I may not have quite felt it with “Friends” (at least not since the early days of the Monica and Chandler romance), but “HIMYM” really does it [...]

Thursday, April 17 - Poem in Your Pocket Day!
I’ve been into reading Emily Dickinson poetry, and since I’m not violating copyright law (Dickinson now in public domain), this has to be one of my favorite poems, simply for being morbid and full of imagery:

BECAUSE I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage [...]